suffix
/ˈsʌfɪks/
noun
- A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or grammatical function.
- The suffix '-ed' is used to form the past tense of regular verbs.
- In English, the suffix '-er' can turn a verb like 'teach' into a noun meaning a person who teaches.
- Adding the suffix '-ness' to 'happy' creates the word 'happiness'.
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verb
- To add a letter or group of letters to the end of a word.
- In the exercise, students were asked to suffix '-ful' to the word 'hope'.
- The programmer decided to suffix the filename with '.txt'.
- You can suffix '-ly' to an adjective to form an adverb, like 'quick' becoming 'quickly'.